Messonghi Beach Hotel

The hotel was very clean, the staff were friendly and the grounds were lovely. However, the food was appalling - it was badly cooked, the choice was very poor and the food was low quality. My husband's meals consisted of a plate of chips and tomatoes for the first week of our stay, until I lodged a complaint with the restaurant manager. From that point, we ordered a separate meal each morning. The hotel guests were predominantly French and German so I do not know what they thought of the food, but there was a lot of dissatisfaction amongst the British guests.
The entertainment programmes were mainly conducted in French or German.
The food bought at the hotel was very poor and very expensive (€4 for a hamburger, compared to €2 at a snack bar just immediately outside the hotel grounds) and drinks were also expensive (€4 for 0.4l of heineken compared to about €2.50-3 in the resort.
The hotel staff were very friendly on the whole, and were keen to help. However, the pay and conditions are currently the subject of a pending strike, there were a few demonstrations by the staff whilst we were staying at the hotel.

The staff were ignorant ,the meals were the same everyday it was like being in a scrum to get anything to eat and it was just barley warm.the entertainment was always for the germans and french
there was nothing open for my 5 year old granbson,my daughter and family had to move rooms because they gave a family of 4 one with 3 beds squashed up in one room .then they wanted them to pay an extra £100 ..the rooms were small and the beds were low and hard i had a bad back the first week of our stay,We was put in the riverside rooms with all the french and germans.the shower was a joke very small ..the toilet was dirty.
the drinks were expensive too ..we ended up eating and drinking out everyday only holiday we have been on and lost weight ...wouldnt recomend this hotel to my worst enemy....

I can't believe some of the reviews I have read relating to this resort!! It is fantastic!! We first went to this hotel in June 2006 with our 3 children with ages from 3years to a teenager and there was something for everyone. We all had such a brilliant holiday that we went back to the same hotel in June 2008 after a disaster in Spain in 2007!!
The hotel is brilliant, very clean, spacious, and the staff were so helpful.
After the first visit staying in the main hotel, we stayed in the bungalows the second time we went, it was brilliant with fantastic views of the sea and beautiful scenery. The rooms are very basic but there is everything you need, afterall it is only somewhere to get changed, shower and sleep!!

The meals had enough variation for both adults and children. If you fancied eating out there is a brilliant restaurant/cafe called 'Popeyes' which is very child friendly and is situated at the end of the hotels driveway.
Well what more can I say? The hotel grounds are amazing, nice food, lovely friendly staff and locals. This hotel had improved even more the second time around which I would have thought was impossible!!
Greece is very relaxed, laid back and friendly. I think that people need to understand that they are in a foreign country and I can assure you that if you booked this holiday you would love it!! If you want somewhere that has everything British then go to Blackpool!!
We loved it so much we are going again & the kids can't wait to go back!!
Happy Holidays!!

I wish I could say nice things about my stay at Messonghi Beach hotel, but I really can't. This hotel is a complete shambles and a joke to call itself a 3 star hotel!! First of all when arriving, the Rep rushed us in and left us, and we were greeted by very unwelcome staff!! We were then shown to our room. We had paid for a Superior Room before we got here and was very surprised to be dumped into the Riverside Bungalows!! Were there we two tiny wooden beds pushed together and some bunk beds! My boyfriend and I just were surprised to think that this was our upgraded room!! All the electric wiring was exposed and the shower + curtain was hanging by a chain!!! our Rep failed to turn up for the welcome meeting so we couldn’t complain straight away, as the hotel staff refused help. By this stage our room was infested with ANTS after complaining one member of the hotel sprayed our room plus beds with RAID. I asked for new sheets and he said there was no need but that is a skin irritant!! so me and my boyfriend had to share top bunk!! The next day we saw the rep and she advised that we were all in the wrong rooms!! So 3 more days later we go moved into our upgraded room. This was a huge improvement but things still did not improve! If your tour operator tells you that you will have aircon when you upgrade, they are lying!! we were shocked to find that aircon would cost 8 euros a day!!! Every thing was loose and falling apart, i got looked in the bathroom for half an hour while my boyfriend was out as the bathroom handle broke off completely!! This hotel definitely can't cook at all!! the food was disgusting and half the time cold and we ended up eating out most of the time and our money run out very quickly!! I am extremley dissapointed with Thomas Cook for even recomending this resort to us! I will no longer be booking my hoildays with Thomas Cook. This has now ruined my view on Corfu. I am very disspointed and was glad to come back home.

This has to be the worst holiday ive been on thanks to the oh so wonderful messonghi beach hotel, (sense the sarcasm!). First of all plane was delayed 2hr whilst sitting on the plane, due to 2 technical faults, thats not the best thing you want to hear before you fly! arrived corfu, driven by crazy coach driver to hotel, not what you need early hours of morning after flight, arrival at hotel dumped by useless thomas cook rep, just said go in hotel everything should be sorted. Go into hotel tired want to go to sleep, Asked the horrible rude reception staff can we check in? we need voucher, we need voucher, ok never heard that one before. gave us keys eventually, draged half way round hotel to a riverside bungerlow, surprising as we booked a supreme room. room was filthy, light hanging off wall, electrical wires exposed, shower rail hanging off wall, 2 tiny beds with very thin matress by the way im 6ft 2inch tall. open balcony window right next to sewage smelling river. got an ant infestation all over the beds and floors, complained to hotel reception staff, said that we would have to speak to our rep to get moved. 3 days later of absolute nightmare with ants, which also to try and get rid of the infestation the clever hotel staff decided to spray a whole can of Raid in our room all over our beds and everywhere, my partner sufferes with asthma so it wasnt very good. had to sleep on tiny top bunk one night. when we got moved into our so called supreme room. wardrobe door fell off, all handles hooks etc in bathroom were falling off, on one occasion i went out for a swim and used the very basic gym for 30mins left the key in the apartment said to my partner ill knock on door. she had a shower, shut the door when she went to get back out the door handle fell off, she was traped in there till i got back. came back to shouting and lots of banging. i had to go to reception to get someone to let me in to help her. she was left pretty traumatised from the whole experience. still ants in room but not as many. girlfriends towel got nicked. food was absolutley disgusting both breakfast and diner, very little choice and repeated to much. they didnt cater for english very much. very expensive things to get for lunch, they liked to rip you off. germans get alot more attention than brits which really annoyed me. whole place prob rakes in alot of money but decides not to improve the hotel, which needs major work to it. didnt speak to one single english person that enjoyed there experience, and in my opinion thomas cook should remove the messonghi beach hotel from there listings otherwise they will lose more customers, because they have just lost our custom.

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i cannot believe some of the comments that some people have put about this hotel.
We had a brilliant stay at this hotel a couple of years ago and we couldn't have had a better holiday.
This was the first holiday we had with our then 3 and a half year old twins so we chose this holiday mainly for them.
Right this is for all those people out there that are looking to book a holiday for the first time with there young children and this is no lie i promise.
Firstly when we booked this holiday we where given a choice of wheather or not to stay in the main hotel building or to have one of the little bungalows around the gardens, we chose the bungalow and very pleased with it we were too.
The little bungalows are very basic but what do you expect it is after all just some where to sleep and shower. It was kept very clean and tidy as was the grounds which are absoulutly gorgeous. They have a very good mini club for the children which we used every day which gave the children something to do out of the sun which they really enjoyed. they had a great train that is free to use and takes you on a tour around the hotel and it's grounds, and not only did the kids love it so did the adults.
The food was what you expected being in greece it was greeek and very nice it was too. the hotel staff were very friendly.
We made some really amazing friends that we since been on holidays together several times since and we have great holiday photos and very fond memorys of our stay there.
At the end of the day a holiday is what you make it and if you go with a great possitive attitude you too will have a great holiday there.

First impressions of the hotel was very good, however our first thoughts turned to horror as when we got to our room, we found bare electrical wires, a hand held type shower and the main thing was No air conditioning, which is a must. But after talking to the rep and complaining to reception we finally got the room we wanted, which was first class!
The food was nice, although the same things most days, if you don't like the food there's a lovely restaurant called 'Popeyes' which is just at the end of the complex.
The complex is huge and lovely, with very pretty gardens. Although not many english, all german, french and many other nationalities. All 4 pools were cleaned daily, 2 of them being sal****er.
The staff weren't very helpful, if they don't know what to do, they will just tell you to come back later. They weren't very english friendly.
There was lots of evening entertainment on every night, lots of kids shows.
Overall, it was an okay holiday, and would go back again. It's good for families, as long as you get a nice room.

i wish i could say nice things about this place but really cant!! what a shambles! unless your german, dutch, french, italian! you will love this place!! beacause they couldnt give a sh*t about british tourists!! enough said!! enter at your own risk!!! i wuod definetely go back to greece next year! its a beautiful country and corfu is an idyllic island!! just got to be cautious of were i book and wot nationaltiy thet cater for!!

arrived early hours expecting twin room with extra bed for our 13 year old son, greeted by rude unhelpful reception staff, who took an hour (and only after my husband complained to rec) to bring a fold up bed for my son to sleep on, which we had to put up ourselves. rooms in dire need of upgrade, shower cradle broken so had to hold shower head up by hand, rooms cleaned and bed linen and clean towels daily. outside areas were also shabby and not true to brochure pics, the pool that we frequented got dirtier as our stay progressed. food was tasty and plentiful, if luke warm. i am sure there are lots of lovely, well mannered italian people, who obviously holiday elswhere! on the whole we made the most of the holiday because we are adaptable and quickly realised that complaining would only serve to waste our time, a holiday is what you make it. that said we are glad we only booked a week and definatley wont be going back. pontins with lots of sun.

I would just like to say how much it upsets me seeing all these awful reviews about a place i love so much! I have been to messonghi beach 2 years in a row and shall be going back for the third time in a few days time.
If you are reading these reviews do not be put off by the bad reviews. They are clearly written by the people who are miserable and can't get the best out of something. Those who are used to Benidorm and not Greece! If you feel you cannot adapt to another countrys culture and way of life well then don't visit any of Greece (i have travelled much of Greece over the past 10 years - it is a basic but lovely and beautiful country)
Yes it has quite basic rooms. Its a 2 star hotel, not being funny but how much time do you want to spend in the room anyway when the weather is so hot and there is so much beauty around - as well as activitys and entertainment to keep you occupied!
The pools are all lovely and clean and never busy (there is like four). The beach is fantastic for snorkelling. if your a bit squeemish of seaweed like me then hire a pedalo for a few euro's and swim a bit further out and you will see some lovely ocean life
The BBQ boat trip and Blue lagoon with Thomas Cook is a must (i've done that trip twice and will be doing it again) however not advised for children - it is mainly aimed at a younger audience. The pork is absolutely delicious! and the blue lagoon is gorgeous!
There is so much food to choose from for breakfast and dinner. definately something for everyone from british to greek food. i particulaly love the homemade soup - i have it everyday as a starter (all the flavours are delicious)
I am getting so excited as i am going back very very soon for two weeks this time rather than one! Don't be put off by bad reviews - give the hotel a go as its probably by far one of the best lower priced hotels and resorts in Corfu! Right on the beach what more can you ask for.
Bon Voyage - i will update with how this years trip went when i get back. Hopefully it will be even better than before (which would make it the best holiday i have ever had)